Original Autograph, on a Menu from Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook Ballroom, ca. 1940s

[Cedar Grove, NJ: ca. 1945-1950]. Ink autograph: "To Tootie / Sincerely / Jimmy Dorsey," undated. On front cover of an original drink menu for Meadowbrook Ballroom, also undated but based on graphics likely late 1940s or early 1950s. Single sheet of heavy card-stock, folded to make 4pp; illustrated covers. Old coffee stain to cover, well away from autograph; slight soiling; Very Good, with the autograph clear and distinct.

Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook Ballroom opened in 1924 and operated continuously through the 1980s. Throughout the Swing Era the Meadowbrook was a mecca for the country's most popular jazz orchestras, regularly hosting such acts as the Dorsey Brothers (with Frank Sinatra on vocals), Gene Krupa's Orchestra, Duke Ellington, and many others. A nice jazz autograph from the Golden Age of Swing. (Inventory #: 82540)